Trapped intestinal gases can cause severe pain when is this the case ? [ Training professional ]

Question 118-1 : More frequent when flying above 18000 ft in a non pressurized aircraft at lower altitudes only in pressurized aircraft when flying at higher flight levels during descent as well as during climb when the cabin pressure altitude is exceeding 2000 ft

Barotrauma of the middle ear most likely will occur ?

Question 118-2 : When descending rapidly during a long high altitude flight when climbing in sudden steep turns

Barotrauma of the middle ear is usually accompanied by ?

Question 118-3 : A reduction in hearing ability and the feeling of increasing pressure dizziness noises in the ear pain in the joints

The risk of barotrauma of the middle ear is more likely to occur ?

Question 118-4 : With colds and rapid descents with colds and fast climbs with colds and slow ascents when subjected to the somatogravic effect

The seat of the pants sense involves receptors in the ?

Question 118-5 : Muscles tendons and joints sensitive to the position and movement of body parts semicircular canals utriculus and sacculus skin only

Equalization of pressure is limited between the middle ear and the ambient when ?

Question 118-6 : The eustachian tube is blocked the nose is pinched you breath through the mouth barotrauma exists in the sinuses

A barotrauma of the middle ear is ?

Question 118-7 : An acute or chronic trauma to the middle ear caused by a difference of pressure on either side of the eardrum a bacterial infection of the middle ear a dilatation of the eustachian tube an infection of the middle ear caused by rapid decompression

A pilot approaching an upsloping runway ?

Question 118-8 : May feel that he is higher than actual this illusion may cause him to land short is performing a steeper than normal approach landing long establishes a higher than normal approach speed establishes a slower than normal approach speed with the risk of stalling out

What illusion may occur if an aircraft is flying into fog snow or haze ?

Question 118-9 : Objects seem to be farther away than in reality objects will appear closer than they really are objects will appear bigger in size than in reality objects seem to move slower than in reality

Adaptation is ?

Question 118-10 : The adjustment of the e to high or low levels of illumination the change of the diameter of the pupil the reflection of the light at the cornea the adjustment of the crystalline lens to focus light on the retina

The requirement of good sunglasses is to ?

Question 118-11 : Absorb enough visible light to eliminate glare without decreasing visual acuity fit to the pilots individual taste eliminate distortion in aircraft windshields increase the time for dark adaptation

Scanning at night should be performed by ?

Question 118-12 : Slight eye movements to the side of the object scanning with one eye open concentrated fixation on an object image must fall on the fovea avoiding food containing vitamin a

A pilot accustomed to landing on a wide runway may find when approaching to a ?

Question 118-13 : Greater height than he actually is with the tendency to land short lower than actual height with the tendency to overshoot greater height and the impression of landing short lower height and the impression of landing slow

Flickering light when reflected from spinning rotor blades ?

Question 118-14 : Can cause spatial disorientation and/or nausea has no effect can be avoided when the strobe lights are switched on should be avoided because it may destroy the optic nerve

Alcohol even when taken in minor quantities ?

Question 118-15 : Can make the brain cells to be more susceptible to hypoxia will stimulate the brain making the pilot resistant to hypoxia will have no effect at all may improve the mental functions so that the symptoms of hypoxia are much better to be identified

A pilot approaching a runway which is narrower than normal may feel he is at a ?

Question 118-16 : Flatter than normal approach with the tendency to undershoot compensatory glide path and land long compensatory glide path and stall out higher than normal approach with the tendency to overshoot

The proprioceptive senses 'seat of the pants sense' ?

Question 118-17 : May give incorrect information when outside visual reference is lost is a natural human instinct always indicating the correct attitude can be used if trained to avoid spatial disorientation in imc can neither be used for motor coordination in imc and vmc

When assessing an individual's risk of developing coronary artery disease the ?

Question 118-18 : 1 2 3 and 4 are correct 2 and 3 are correct 1 and 4 are false only 3 is correct 1 2 and 4 are false 1 2 and 3 are correct 4 is false

The metabolisation of alcohol ?

Question 118-19 : Is a question of time is accelerated by consuming alcohol with a meal can be accelerated even more by coffee can be influenced by easily obtained medication

What does not impair the function of the photosensitive cells ?

Question 118-20 : High speed oxygen deficiency acceleration toxic influence alcohol nicotine medication

The fovea is ?

Question 118-21 : The area of best day vision and no night vision at all the area of the blind spot optic disc where the optic nerves come together with the pupil the area of best day vision and best night vision

In order to completely resynchronise with local time after zone crossing ?

Question 118-22 : Less time when flying from east to west more time when flying from east to west about one day per 2 5 hours of time shift about one week per 2 5 hours of time shift

The retina of the eye ?

Question 118-23 : Is the light sensitive inner lining of the eye containing the photoreceptors essential for vision filters the uv light is the muscle changing the size of the crystalline lens only regulates the light that falls into the eye

Which force s affect s the otoliths in the utriculus and sacculus ?

Question 118-24 : Gravity and linear acceleration gravity alone linear acceleration and angular acceleration angular acceleration

Flying a coordinated level turn will ?

Question 118-25 : Make the body's pressure receptors feel an increased pressure along the body's vertical axis first give the impression of climb then the impression of descent make the blood being pooled in the head make the seat of the pants sense feel a decreased pressure along the body's vertical axis

Which sensations does a pilot get when he is rolling out of a prolonged level ?

Question 118-26 : Turning in the opposite direction flying straight and level climbing turning into the original direction

How can a pilot overcome vertigo encountered during a real or simulated ?

Question 118-27 : 1 2 and 3 are correct 1 2 3 and 4 are correct only 4 is correct 1and 2 are correct 3 and 4 are false

A large number of medical preparations can be bought without a doctor's ?

Question 118-28 : A pilot using any of these preparations should get professional advice from an aviation medical specialist if he intends to fly and self medicate at the same time they have no side effects which would give problems to a pilot during flight the side effects of these types of preparations are sufficiently negligible as to be ignored by pilots they will cause a condition of over arousal

The total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial ?

Question 118-29 : Dalton's law graham's law henry's law boyle mariotte's law

Carbon monoxide is always present in the exhaust gases of engines if a pilot is ?

Question 118-30 : A short exposure to relatively high concentrations of carbon monoxide can seriously affect a pilot's ability to operate an aircraft carbon monoxide is easily recognised by odour and taste carbon monoxide can only affect pilots if they are exposed to it for a long period of time when exposed to carbon monoxide for a long period of time the body will adapt to it and no adverse physical effects are experienced

When stopping the rotation of a spin we have the sensation ?

Question 118-31 : That we are starting a spin in the opposite direction of turning in the same direction of the sharp dipping of the nose of the aircraft of the immediate stabilization of the aircraft

The human ear is capable of perceiving vibrations between the frequencies ?

Question 118-32 : 20 20000 hz 0 16 hz 20000 40000 hz 30 15000 db

The intensity of a sound is measured in ?

Question 118-33 : Decibels hertz cycles per second curies

The ozone layer is situated in the ?

Question 118-34 : Stratosphere troposphere thermosphere ionosphere

The barometric pressure has dropped to 1/2 of the pressure at sea level at ?

Question 118-35 : 18 000 feet 10 000 feet 25 000 feet 30 000 feet

Which of the following laws explains bubbles of nitrogen coming out of solution ?

Question 118-36 : Henry's law gay lussac's law boyle's law dalton's law

The main function of the red blood cells is ?

Question 118-37 : To transport oxygen to participate in the process of coagulation of the blood the cellular defence of the body to contribute to the immune response of the body

Altitude hypoxia when breathing ambient air should not usually occur ?

Question 118-38 : Below 3000 m up to 5000 m between 3000 m and 5000 m between 5000 m and 7000 m

'the bends' as a symptom of decompression sickness consists of ?

Question 118-39 : Pain in the joints pain in the thorax and a cough cns disturbances loss of peripheral vision

The type of hypoxia which occurs at altitude is a explained by ?

Question 118-40 : Dalton's law boyle mariotte's law henry's law graham's law